#DEC37E#DEC37E

#DEC37E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.093 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEC37E
RGB	rgb(222, 195, 126)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(43, 43%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 43.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, 0.30, 38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 38.13, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% 0.0018 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.093 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4067, 56.0684, 27.7437)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEC37E #7E99DE

analogous

#DE937E #DEC37E #C9DE7E

triadic

#DEC37E #7EDEC3 #C37EDE

tetradic

#DEC37E #7EDE93 #7E99DE #DE7EC9

square

#DEC37E #7EDE93 #7E99DE #DE7EC9

split-complementary

#DEC37E #7EC9DE #937EDE

monochromatic

#B48E2E #D2AC4D #DEC37E #EADAAF #F7F0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#DEC37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#DEC37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEC37E

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEC37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEC37E	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ECB8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dec37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 195, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.093 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ead5a4',
    500: '#dec37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dec37e;
$custom-light: #ead5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dec37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82478,
    "c": 0.09302,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEC37E

secondary

#4B69B5

accent

#4EC71F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#16140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEC37E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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